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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-02-26
Towamenslng Items.

Reuben Blose will erect a new barn
during the coming spring.
BENZ. Blose has been on the sick list
during the past three weeks.
Matthias Schrampp has purchased the
farm of Moses Ramaly, near Bowmans-
town. gs
-Rumor has it that party from Bangor
will prospect for slate on the land of Jacob
Z. Stroup. ... .--
Elizabeth Dlose, widow of the late
Daniel Blose, aged 80 years, is lying very
low, suffering from old age,
Mrs. Henry Sherer died about two
weeks ago, of malarial and typhoid fever,
and was buried last Monday week ago.
Her daughter, Mrs. Thos. Weidaw, of
Ohio, arrived here one day too late to at.
tend the funeral, owing TO delay occasioned
by high water.
The following officers were elected at
the late election: Constable, John Stroll;
tax collector, John Stroll; assessor, Wash,
Snyder; supervisors, Edward Boyer and
Peter Weidaw; ovcrseer of poor, Adam
Kunkel, Jr.; school directors, - and
Josiah Bowman; auditor, Maurice Bow.
man. ...1 ...- .a
The pipe foundry at Parryvile, was put
ip, operation last week,sJ CoSFIDESCE.,
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People as They Come and 60.

Jacob Peter, of Parryville, was in town
Saturday.
Mrs. w. w. Mortimer spent Saturday
at Lehigh Gap.
DR. J. c. Kramer, of Aquashicola, was
in town Tuesday,
-Rey j, II. Kuder, of Lehigh street.
spent Sunday at Girardsville.
"A. w. Reascr, our popular oonfection-
er, spent Sunday at Allentown.
John Mertz, of Bethlehem, spent Sun
day with his brother A. b. Mertz, ON Bank
street.
Miss Lizzie Graver, of Allentown,
spent few days in town with her parents
this week.
Mrs. Charles Edwards, of Allentown.
was visiting friends and relatives in town
last week.
E. NJ. Barnes, of White Haven, was the
guest of T. Webster Clauss, on Bank street,
several days this week.
-Osmond Stetter and wife, of Atchin-
son, Kansas, are guests of R. L. Sweeny
and wife on Bank street. 3
-Rev. G. w. Gross is in attendance at
the Evangelical conference in session at
Bangor, northampton county.
Mr. and Mrs. John Petit, of Bethle-
hem, spent Sunday with their daughter,
Mrs. II. V. Mortimer Jr, on Bank street.
Our friend Charles II Nimson ,of Gran
berry, N. c., while in town last week
dropped into our sanctum and gave us a
very interesting account Of the South and
its prospects. Mr.. Nimson has charge of
extensive iron furnaces in North Carolina.
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Cleaned From all Parts of the State.

T chair factory at Maplecrook, Wayne
county has been sold for $4,000
All of tho Pennsylvania coal Company's co..
Ferries, in and about Pittston, resumed work this
week.
Lawrence Peacock, shot and Instantly killed
Robert Percy, at Everson, Friday Peacock was
taken to Jail.
"A young girl named Maqgle Beading, re.
siding near rittsburg, who has been In trance
since last October, regained consciousness Fri.
lay. She claims to have conversed with the
Lord number of times during her confinement
The greatest excitement prevailed amongst the
neighbOrs upon her sudden recovery.
John Biman, man employed ut Glendon
colliery, SchuyllSill county, met with singular
and distressing accident on Thursday last. He
was engaged in the carpenter shop at the
colitery planning small board The planer is Il
revolving one. the board being pushed toward
and oyer it. While in the act OF doing this his
ght hand was caught IN the revolving planer
an tie four fingers chopped of and ground
fic II and bones, into small fragments. Attached
To the planer Is a fan shaft through which the
SShhnvings from the machinery are blown out
The mangled flesh and bones were caught in tic
current and blown out with the shavings.
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Centre sauare Pencilinps.

ID. Nothstein was on business trip to
Wessport this week.
Our farmers are busy making prepara-
tions for the coming seasons work
John Miller will erect new dwelling
house and barn during the coming spring.
-Messrs. A. F. 0ldtand ID, II. Longacre
were on a business jaunt to Mauch Chunk
this week.
We are pleased to note that our friend
j. II. Longacre is rapidly convalescing af-
ter severe illness.
Henry Zeigler wears smile which as
sumes larger proportions when you ask
about the ''brand new baby boy"
A young son of Lewis Fritz had the
misfortune Monday of having three fingers
severely lacerated and one eye seriously in
iured by the explosion of a dynamite cart
ridge. DUFFICKs.
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Annual Meeting Of the Lehigh Nay Co.

The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com
pany held its annual meeting in the Board
of Trade rooms, at the Mercantile Library,
Philadelphia, Monday afternoon, ]. b.
Moorhead presiding Secretary Shepherd
lead the annual report, which shows the
revenue from all sources for the year 1856
aggregated S1,73O,5O2. Deductng from
this amount net loss of S1,99461, leaves
balance of $l,72S,5O7 The disburse
ments amounted to Sl,1OS, ,4s6.S0, showing
an excess of receipts over expenditures of
SG2O,020.0G. From this is to be deducted
$S0,4lS.00, sinking fund of ten cents per ton
on S94, lS9 tons, leaving for the surplus of
the year $3.50, ,6O2.OG:
The election resulted in the choice of the
following: President, Joseph s. Harris;
vice president, Francis c. Yarnall, and Ed
ward w. Clark, Francis Il. Cope, Fisher
Hazard, Charles Parrish, James NJ. VIII
COX, Edward Lewis, II. Charlton Henry,
Samuel Dickson, Edward b. Leisenring
and Abram S. Hewitt as manager.
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New Tripola Correspondence

"A large hay stack, on the premises Of
John Braucher, was blown down by the re-
cent storm. On removing the samoa we'll
preserved ham was found concealed in IT,
The stack was not far from the rendezvous
of the Bump" robbery gang and no doubt
was placed there by them. -. j. Reitz,
student at the Lutheran Theological
Seminary, Philadelphia, will spend few
weeks at home. Fenstermach-
er was appointed postmaster at Mossers-
Vile. The postofiice will be removed to d.
& j. Mosser's general tore.--On Thurs
day Henry w. Fusselman moved into T.F.
| Bleiler's house at Lynnville. Mr.. f. pur-
poses opening a select school at said place
in the Spring. He is also candidate for
the county superintendency.-- entire
Democratic ticket was elected at Lynn. d.
II. Creitz was again reelected as school
director.-A scioptic entertainment was
givan in Germans Hall on Saturday even
ing, by Capt w. II. Bernhard, Of Lehigh-
ton.-On Saturday the remains of a little
child of Amandus Zellner were inferred in
the Tripola cemetery. Rev. H. S. Feccy
ofiicated.--A spelling bee came off in
the secondary school, OF which l.. B. Os-
wald is the teacher.-Janies A. Miller, j
p, intends to erect dwelling on one Of
his lots.-The personal property of John
ID. Kistler, deceased, Will be sold al public
sale on Friday, March 25th.-One nj ,ht
recently large slide Of top rock occurred at
the Ontelanne slate quarry at Lynnport.
All the tools used by the workn.en were
buried some twenty feet.--Aaron Kistler
has purchased a small tract of improved
land that adjoined his farm from Reuben
Miller.-A terrific thunder storm, accom-
panied by rain and hail passed over this
locality recently. The farmers suffered
considerably. Many of the fields present
ptiful appearance. The fiat tin roof was
completely torn off of Jacob Henry house.
john Reitz, Jr.. visited his wife in the
Norristown Insane Asylum, and found her
but little improved. She is at times a raw
ing maniac. The wife of Charles Greena-
wald, of Steinsyile, was last week taken
home from the same institution in q much
improved concition.-Prof. A. Reichcn-
bach, of ursinus College, will take charge
of the Steinsville Academy in the Spring.
-Preparations are being made for erect
ing bakery at Lynnport by Mr.. Eberts, of
Allentown II. Fisher and son sold
car load of Western horses on Saturday at
Wessnersvile. Most of them brought fair
prices.-On Friday next the assignees of
A.. f. Creitz, j. p, and the Henry Bros.
will sell their improved farms at public
sale n u N
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Miss Majors Entertainment.

From notice in your columns In last week S
issue, the public Will have learned that the class
of Elocution and 0ratOry, under the management
of the "petite" Miss Molie Major will give our
people course of most excellent literary and
musical entertainments. Under the heading of
"A Rare Treat" some eight months ago, we Ell.
deavored to attract the attention of our COM
munity to the most excellent literary feast in
course of preparation for them at that time.
Not single voice of dissatisfaction was heard
when the programme was completed, but much
regret because there was not enough of il. "A
when she was quite Il stranger here. and when
the best talent had been pre-eugngcd by other
parties before her Intentions We're known. Now,
however, IL Is different: there is no other enter
ialnmcnt under consideration and she has gath
cred the best material in two classes of OratOry,
&c., as tearher,and has had them under her dis
cipllue and instruction for the past six months
until they were fully matured by thorough drill
and instruction to give such an entertainment as
has not been POSSIBLE heretofore. "Miss Jolly Is
Wax Works Will be represented on the first
(Frqayl night entertainment of the course. Do
not tull 70 see IT, There are still some people
who think that tieMorld does not move, but AZ
ter hearing and seeing the Party Singing by aye
Old Folks Society" thcywlll either conclude thar
the world does move or that aye Old Folks So.
clety" MOVED them. This must not be missed
either, so fail not to hear il.
% ..,.. ENCELLENTIssIIUs.
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Public Sale Register.

We have printed bills at this Office for
tAe following sales, and most of them arc
also advertised in our columns:
On Saturday, February &C. at one O'Clock p.
m, al the residence of August Laub. Egypt, Le-
high county, a valuable lot of personal property,
including carpets, beds and bedding, Sc, will be
disposed of ut public sale.
On Friday, March 4th, at one o'clock p. NJ,
o. o. Blose, Administrator the estate of the late
Jonas Peter, decd, viii sell at public sale, on
the premises in Lower Towamensing, a valuable
farm OF sCventy-tve acres. upon which IS erected
two-story frame dwelling house, and necessary
Outbuildings. Also, lot of farming implements
and household articles.
On Saturday, March ., at one o'clock r. M,
Catharine Markley, Administrative of the estate
OF the late Jonah Marklev, decd, viii expose
for sale on the premises in Franklin township,
hlty-tWO acres and one hundred and forty perches
Of valuable real estate also ut the same time
and place valuable farm of ffty-thrce acI es
and SiNty-SiN percheS upon which Is erected Il
two story dwelling house and all necessary out
buildings
On Friday, March II, at one o'clock D. M,
Peter Blose, attorney in fact for the heirs of the
late Charles Blose, decd, will expose to public
sale, on the premises in the borough of Parry
VILE valuable farm of eighty acres upon which
Is erected two story double frame house andall
necessary outDuildings, also, lot of farm ing
implements and household articles.
On Friday, March II, at one o'clock p M,
Charles Buck will expose to public sale, on the
premises in East Weissport, valuable farming
implements, wagons, sc.
On Saturday, March 12, at one O'Clock p M,
Simon Walk will put up for sale, on the premises
in Franklin township, horses, cows, wagons,
potatoes, ana many other articles.
On Saturday, March t0 1851 at one o'clock
p. M, on the premises in Franklin township,
four and half miles from Wessport, a farm of
thirty -one acres and one hundred and twenty
pcIcEes, also, lot Of valuable farming Stock
On saturday, March 10, 1887, at O'Clock p
m, on the premises, at the stables OF the Ex.
change Hotel, Bank street, Lehighton,a valuable
lot of personal property, including horses CARR
ages, wagons, sleghs and manure.
March "a, at O'Clock p M, two pieces of land
and variety OF personal property, late of Sam.
uel Bechman, NIahcning Valley, deed. +. A.
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ParryYilIe Eews Items.

Quite a number of Parryvilites are
"under the weather."
The revival meetings in the NJ. f.
church are progressing.
Miss Annie Fink, of Lehighton, spent
Sunday with friends here.
Miss Annie Mcconnell, who has been
visiting Allentown friends, returned home
this week.
We had salt river parade here Thurs.
day night of last week. The Weissport
band participated.
"A delightful party came off at the
residence of Mrs. VIM. Serfors last Thurs
day evening. Everybody enjoyed them,
selves highly.
-Rey. II. NJ. Wingert of the Evangelical
church, preached his farewell sermon to a
large audierce Sunday evening. He is now
in attendance at Conference.
Miss Lille Rapp, of Allentown, spent
several days in town this week. DAISY.
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MARRIED

BELTz-TRoXELL-On the 9th day of Feb. h,
Rev A. bartholomew, David Rcltz and Miss
Catharine TroXull, both Of West Penn, Pa.
wALT-NIoYFR.- the 18th day OF
Feb, by the same, w. Il. Stegerwult and Mis-,
Emma Meyer, both of Mahoping township.
SCHWARTZ Z-On the 10Th day of Feb
by the same, Lewis GOlducr and Miss Lucetta
c. Schwartz, both of BOwmanStOwn.
NICHoLAs-THoMAs-O WaShington's birth
day, ~, by the Rev. James a. Little OF HoKen,
danqua, Miss Mary AlphOnsa Thomas, of Hok,
endauqua, to ilewelyn Il. Mich olas, of stem
ton, Penna.
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Culinary.

Ann Petit, aged eighty-four years and
past, died Thursday, Feb. II, 1887, and
was buried Monday, Feb. 81. She was
followed TO her final resting place by her
eight surviving childen. Three of whom
were over sixty years of age; three over fif-
ty years and the two youngest were past
forty-four years of age. She left behind
thirty four grandchildren and twenty-four
great grandchildren. This aged lady was
born In Tuck-a no, Cape May Co., n. j.,
1923. They moved to Burlington, now
Packerton, Pa, in 1913; Mr.. Petit was
employed in the furnace once standing near
the weigh-lock just below Mauch Chunk
her husband in 1854. Her seven sons all
were workers in iron and the Moriah Fur
naces gave some of them work; from here
they vert to l'arryville, when the furnaces
there were just built. The youngest of her
children, daughter, married Mr.. w. b.
Anthony, at whose home she spent the last
years of her life. Her memory was re-
markabe up to the last year, when great
suffering placed her in bed. Her tales of
her early days in Jersey and Delaware were
interesting in descriptions of the olden
times when slavery still existed there
This wasted form, laid peacefully to rest,
lived years of wondrous usefulness Her
last years were full of pain. Her last hours
easy and free Of pain and her death glorious
in the faith of the Redeemer Her funeral
was attended by weeping and affectionate
relatives and friends. The lessons drawn
from her christian fortitnde and faith were
impressively and earnestly presented TO the
living by Rev. Powell, of the NJ. E. church,
Parryyille. II.
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DIED.

MASTZ.-on the 22nd OF January, in wost Penn
Ida NJ, daughter Of James and Kate MantZ,
aged months and Is days.
Dillon the 27th Of January, in West Penn
Harry, son of Elias and Lydia Oil, aged 1
months and days.
Elizabeth C., daughter OF Nathan and Anna NJ.
kOib, agck years, months and "a days.
FREDERIC.-On the 4th day of Feb in Mahon.
ing, RcnadaS, husband Ct Lucy Frederick aged
81 years. months and lays.
GISDFR.-On the 18th day OF Feb, in East Penn
Irwin D., son of James and Flora GindeT aged
months and 10 days.
NoTHsTEIN.-On the 18th day nf Feb In East
Penn, Raymond L., son OF Benjamin and
Emaline NOthstein. aged months and 27 days.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-02-26

The best singing we have heard for
some time was by the Foudray Concert Co.. (,
at Weissport, last Tuesday. The concert
was free and given for the object of organ
izing musical convention. The class was
organized, and on next Tuesday, March lst,
another concert will be given. We antic-
pate pleasant entertainment, and all who
attend will hear something they have never
heard before. 1t will be held at the Evan.
gelical church, Weissport, and an admission
fee of 20 cents will be charged. Everybody
come and bring their friends.
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-Just received from Boston

-Just received from Boston,
an immense stock of the genu-
inc Knight Of Labor Shoes,
which we are selling at $3.50
and S3. Warranted solid call
leather. Clauss & Bro, the
Tailors, sole agents for Carbon
county.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-02-26

ALI grades and styles of
ladies Coatings, at prices to
astonish the most economical
buyer, at Clauss & Bro, the
tailors, Bank street.
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SPECIAL NoTICE.-On the lst
day of April next, | will move
my entire stock Of Drugs, Medi-
cines, &c, into the adjoining
building, two doors above my
present location. Respectfully
l. ID. Thomas, Druggist. Look
for sign of the GOLDEN MORTAR
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-02-26

You can have sale bills printed at this
office while you wait.
We do all kinds of plain and fancy job
work-letter heads, note heads, receipts,
&c, put up in tablet style if desired.
Our circulation is rapidly Increasing
everybody reads the Advocate.
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The Carbon Advocate
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1887

SPECIAL NOTICE Persons making payments
W TO this ofilee by money orders or postal notes
viii please make them payable NJ the WEISS
PORT POST OFFICE, MS the Lchiglton oflice is
NOT money order office.
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The miners In the Clearleld coal region have
had their wages advanced hneeu per cent and
as a consequence the miners are bIbllant.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-02-26
OUR MAN ABOUT TOWN.
The Things our People Find Time to Talk
About from Day to Day.

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About from Day to Day.
For several days last week big scheme
was in progress, which grew and grew un.
Oil on Monday evening it assumed unusual
proportions and burst upon the unsuspect.
ing head of our old friend Joseph Obert in
the shape Of birthday anniversary sur.
prise The evening was spent, as such
evenings generally are, amidst the most
pleasant and pleasing circumstances. Alta
late hour the guests were invited to partake
of sumptuous repast, "the like of which
before had never been seem" Miss Emma
Obert, as the promulgator, deserves the
praise of her many friends for the success
ful manner in which the social event opened
and closed. At late hour the party adj
journed, the following named persons
weRding their way homeward more than
pleased with the evenings pleasure: Rev.
j. II. Kuder, Rev. G. W..Stibtz and wife,
Dr. n. B. Reber and wife, DR.. c. w. Bow
er and wife, DIR. w. G. NJ Seiple and wife,
"a. j. Durlng and wife, J. S. Lentz and
wife, r. f. Hoiford and wife, f. p. Lentz
and wife, Thomas Kemerer and wife, L. II.
Snyder and'wife, Wm. Montz and wife, T..
ID. Clauss and wife, Il. L Sweeny and wife,
E. S, Wheatley and wife, j. l.. Gabel and
wife, S. Levan and wife, Daniel Wieand
and wife, w. w. Bowman and wife, Wm.
Zehner, john Obert and family, Mrs. G..
W. Gross and Mrs. Chas. Greenawad.
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All the latest novelties in
Fall and Winter merchant tailor
ing goods at Clauss & Bro,
Lehighton.
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Autumn II I TiiDtS,

With the coming cf cool
weather all light clothing arc cast
aside and we don that which
protects us from the sudden
changes in the weather, so COM
mon at this time of the year.
We have just received a COM
plcte line Of all the very latest
novelties in
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The first annual ball under the auspices
of'the Lehgh Hook and Ladder Company,
in Gabel's Hall, last Monday evening was
a grand success financially and in regard
to the number present. Shortly after nine
o'clock the grand march, participated in by
about seventy couples. was formed and led
by VIM. Seip, of Mauch Chunk, and Miss
Emma Lentz, of town; it was voted a
grand success. From that hour, until the
wee sma' hours of the morn, light feet kept
skipping the light fantastic toe. The cele-
brated Diepeirro Orchestra, of Freeland,
furnished music on the occasion. The fire
boys return thanks to the citizens who so
generously patronzed them.
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100 Doses

one Dollar. Hoods sarsaparilla is the only
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ana IL is an unanswerable argument as to
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Of roots, herbs, barks, etc, long and favorabiy
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and in combination, proportion, and process,
Hoods sarsaparilla is pecttlt1r to jt3cG.
For economy and comfort we use Hoods
Sarsaparia." MRS. c. BREwsTER, Buffalo.
floods Sarsaparlla takes less time and
qucHtify TO show its effect than any other
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without 1t In the house" Mrs c. A. ID
HUBBARD, North Chill, N Y. 100 Doses
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Acknowledgements

The following subscriptions for the CARBON
ADVOCATE have been received since our last
rpn
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-19
The following is the register of the
thermometer from Friday, February IL,
to Thursday, Feb. II, inclusive:
Archey MC0leary Dead.

Archey was well-known in this section.
He often wandered about this town and
neighborhood pulling stick or rail,
Surveying" as he called it. How he
managed to get enough to eat while out
on these tramps, was hard to tell. His
insanity was of mild nature, and only
children feared cold Archey." We re-
member seeing Archey when small
boy, and then, we hurriedly widened the
distance between us. In later years after
finding that the unfortunate man was
harmless, we have watched him for
hours. He had bush pulling it along,
walking backward. Every now and then
the branches would catch ON some object
and then the man would pull and jerk
it. Finally he gave it sudden pull and
down he would go, the bush on him. OF
course there would be few exclama.
tions. In this way he would go along
the public highway when one accosted
him, he would say, Poor Archey me
hungry" or "Me cold" The people,
throughout this section were very kind
to the poor fellow, and extended him
kindnesses whenever they could. Why
he was allowed to wander about the
country so long always puzzled us. Fol-
many years he has not been seen in this
section. He has been confined in the
insane department of the almshouse
Elk township, Chester county, Pa. IL,
died one day last week. He will long be
remembered and many an amusing Incl
dent will be told of "Old Archey."